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On this week’s episode of The Market Report, Cointelegraph’s resident expert discusses why Bitcoin has been unable to break through the $29,000 level and why crypto prices have been falling. 546 Total views 4 Total shares In today’s The Market Report episode, analyst and writer Marcel Pechman discusses why crypto prices are going down after…

Securities Commissioner Karen Tyler of North Dakota, U.S., has issued a cease and desist order against a Russian Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that posed as Liechtenstein Union Bank, according to a Monday, Nov. 19 press release.The state Securities Department’s ICO Task Force conducted an investigation and found out that the website of the fraudulent ICO…

CME is gaining presence in Bitcoin options in a market still dominated by Deribit and exchanges, new data reveals. 2394 Total views 31 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives interest is putting in “fast” growth this quarter — and CME Group is leading the way for options, new data shows.According to monitoring resource Skew, the past…

“Everything is bigger in Texas” proved to be true during Consensus 2022. The crypto conference took place June 9–12 in Austin, Texas, this year, attracting 17,000 people from across the globe, despite the 100-degree plus weather. According to the event sponsors, Consensus 2018, which was held at the Hilton Hotel in New York, had previously…

The U.S. Senate has already confirmed the nomination of Allison Lee's replacement, Jaime Lizárraga, to work at the SEC for a term ending in 2027. 94 Total views 5 Total shares Allison Herren Lee, one of five members of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s board, has officially left the regulatory body after more…

Over the last 12 months, the remarkable growth in decentralized finance has been driven by one thing: the ability of users to earn strong yields on their crypto assets by lending, staking and providing liquidity. Depending on your risk appetite, gains from DeFi investments can run tens or even hundreds of times higher than standard…

Jane Thomason is an Australian academic who spent 15 years running hospitals and doing development work abroad followed by a 20-year stint building a $250-million revenue company. Thomason — now a blockchain adviser to the World Health Organization — says she “had an epiphany” while thinking about the 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia, in which the lives…

As the cryptocurrency market is showing signs of bullish continuation on Jan. 15, Raoul Pal, the CEO of Real Vision Group and an avid Bitcoin (BTC) investor, is optimistic about the price of Ether (ETH). Pal  also says he's looking to add “higher risk alts.”ETH/USDT 4-hour price chart (Binance). Source: TradingView.comIs an altseason coming?Following Bitcoin’s rally…